Adversarial Legalism - The American Way of Law, Second Edition

American dispute resolution is more adversarial, compared with systems of other economically advanced countries. Americans more often rely on legal threats and lawsuits. American laws are generally more complicated and prescriptive, adjudication more costly, penalties more severe. Here, Kagan examines the origins and consequences of this system.

About the author

Robert A. Kagan is Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A Kagan, Robert A. Kagan, Kagan Robert A.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2019
• EAN: 9780674238367
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23836-7
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Law, LAW / Comparative, comparative law